Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clumsy, boorish person, especially an uncouth, beer-drinking man.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English variant of
hosier .
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- noun Canada, slang Back when Hockey was played on frozen ponds and lakes the losers of the hockey game would have to hose the lakes to become clean, smooth ice. They were tagged "Hosers".
- noun Canada, slang A
clumsy ,boorish person, especially anuncouth ,beer -drinking man. - noun Canada, slang A person whose self interest often outweighs any ethical considerations.
- noun Canada, slang Not an overtly criminal individual, but one known to participate in petty infractions and rule bending. Example: A hoser would consume food or alcoholic beverages, typically pizza and beer, with complete disregard to ownership or sharing.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Back in my day, a replacement term might have been "hoser".
Teaching 2009
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Back in my day, a replacement term might have been "hoser".
February 2009 2009
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They drank beer, called each other "hoser" and frequently injected "Eh?" into their conversations.
azcentral.com | news 2010
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When the hoser father goes to look for her he is assaulted by a unconvincing rubber skeleton that pops out of the oven.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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First of all the hoser with "21 three pointers" must be instantly omitted from consideration.
sweet shooting 2009
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That one comment made you look like a real hoser to all the simpletons on this, what the heck is this place anyway?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » It’s Not Over When it’s Over 2010
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Toronto-born twins Dean and Dan Caten have gained such a following with their label, DSquared2, in part because they take hoser and hockey culture and sex it up.
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Toronto-born twins Dean and Dan Caten have gained such a following with their label, DSquared2, in part because they take hoser and hockey culture and sex it up.
Amy Verner: Toronto's Fashion Week Needs to Work It (PHOTOS) 2010
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Nothing screams hoser like these charming beer cosies.
Archive 2008-06-01 The Nag 2008
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For a bunch of hoser teenagers, this would be like winning Powerball.
Jonah Keri: Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, and Being an Expos Fan 2010
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